Combined shipping crate and tilting can support



June 15 1926.

L. E. ANDERSON COMBINED SHIPPING CRATE AND IILTING cAN SUPPORT FiledJan. 28. 1925 Patented June 15,1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..-

LOSSIE E. ANDERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AVSSIGNOB. TO STANDARD OILCOMP-ANY,V 0F WHITING, INDIANA, AND CHICAGQ, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OFINDIANA.

COMBINED SHIPPING CRATE AND TILTING CAN SUPPORT.

Application led anuary This invention relates to improvements incombined shipping crate and tilting can support. By the use of minvention the ordinary rectangular-shape oil can can be shipped in thedevice and protected against .damage in transit. The device also servesas a tilting support for. the can in use.

By the use of my invention, such a can of oil is protected by the cratein shipment; and the crate also may be used for tiltably supporting thecan to facilitate the pouring of the contents therefrom in use. Thecrate, -as embodied in this invention, is of substantially the same sizeas the ordinary livegallon can crate now used for holding rectangularshaped oil cans.

Other featuresI and advantages of my invention will appear more fully asI proceed with my specification.

In that form of device, embodying the `features of my invention, shownin the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of acrate,l Fig. 2 is a view in rear elevation, partly in section, of thesame, Fig. 3 is a view ofthe same in side elevation, partly in section,showing the top of the crate removed and with a can or container inpouring position therein, and Fig. 4 is a top plan viewof a crate with acan therein, and with the top removed.

.As shown in the drawings, the body of the crate is made .up of ,abottom member 5 on the opposite sides of/ which are secured the sideboards or members 6 which are preferably rectangular s aped boards, eachforming one side of th crate. Each of these side .members 6 is providedwith a centrally arranged vertical slot 7 extending downwardly from theupper edge to about the center of the member. In juxta f position toeach of these slots in front there-` of at the. upper end is vprovided ashorter l parallel slot 8, say, about one-third of the length' of theslot 7. The portion of the side Vmember between the slots is cut away.A

' to leave a low shoulder 9 therebetween, and

`the lower endof the slot 8 is rounded and liesva short distance belowsaid shoulder.

At the base'of the-crate there are provided ,two vertical members orboards 10, one at the front and oneat the back, which are secured-to theside .members 6 by an suitable means, for example, byl nailing, an ifdesired, reinforcingA strips 11 may be 28, 1925. Serial' No. 5,252.

secured to the lower edges ot the side members 6 on the outside. Theboards 10 have a height' equal only to about one-fourth of the height ofthe crate; so that their upper edges will notI offer an obstructionaround the bottom of the can, and has its ends securely fastened to thesides of the band 13, in any desired manner as by welding.- At thepoints where the bottom mem; ber 17 of the cradle is securedto the encircling band 13, pins, pivots, or trunnions' 18 are secured to thecradle in any suit able manner as, for example, by welding,

lthese pins being on opposite sides of the can and in a positionso thatthey. extendinto the slots 7. The slots 7 are of such length as toaccommodate the pins 18 with the can resting on the bottom of the crate.In shipping, the can in the cradle is placed in' the bottom of thecrate, the pins 18 being in the slots 7, and is secured therein byplacing on the crate a cover 19 having y the depending cross members 20which engage the front and back of the can at the upper edge and hold itfirmly in place. The cover 19 may be secured by any suitable nlans suchas by tying, nailingl and the It is believedy that the operation of thedevice is clear. The can. is shipped in the crate as`it is shown inFigs. 1 and 2 with the cover on andis well protected. W'hen it isdesired to use the can, the cover 19 is removed, whereupon the. can maybe entirely lifted out of the crate, if-desired, or

it maybe raised, untilthe pins -18 clear the, shoulders 9, and movedslightly for ward and lowered until these pins 18 -rest will A-ormbearings for them can .to be tiltedv as shownin ig. 3 so that 'thecontents maybe discharged from the spout. When the pms 18 are thusresting in the slots 8, the can is high enough so .that it will clearthe members l0 to permit the tilting While l have .shown and describedcertain embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that it iscapable of many modifications. Changes, therefore, in the constructionand arrangement may be made without departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention as disclosed in the append- 'ed claim, in which it ismy intention to claim all novelty inherent in my invention as broadly aspossible in view of the prior art.

that I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

Means for enclosing an oil can of commercial form and for serving thecontents of such can while Within such enclosing means, comprising acrate of box-like form provided in its side walls with slots of unequallength merging at their upper ends and cut away to form a shoulderbetween said slots, a clamping cradle embracing the can formed of anencircling member having tightening means at its free ends and equippedwith pivot pins extending info the slots in the side walls of the crate,and a U-shaped member extending from said last referred to member andforming a rest for the can, thecan and cradle normally extending to thebottom of the crate and both so proportioned to the height of the crateas to permit of their being raised to cause the pivot pins of the cradleto ride over the shoulder between the slots and to drop into the slotbeyond the same whereby to permit the forward tilting of the can toserve oil therefrom.

Witness my hand this 24th day of Januv ary, A. D., 1925.

/ LOSSIE E. ANDERSON.

